{"id":41224,"date":"2025-01-15T13:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41224"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:39:30","slug":"pete-hegseth-vows-to-reinstate-troops-fired-over-covid-vaccine-with-backpay-and-apology-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41224","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Vows to Reinstate Troops Fired Over COVID Vaccine \u2014 With Backpay and Apology (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0801-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-facebook wp-image-1290948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0801-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid all the chaos of Pete Hegseth\u2019s confirmation hearing, you may have missed this promise he made.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Biden regime seized power in 2021, they ordered a vaccine mandate across the entire military.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this diktak, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/02\/politics\/us-military-covid-vaccine\/index.html\">over 8,000 service members<\/a> were forcibly discharged, regardless of their rank or military accomplishments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>During Tuesday\u2019s hearing, Hegseth was asked by <\/span><span>Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana whether he would be willing to \u201crecruit those folks\u201d back who lost their jobs due to the vaccine mandates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will commit to this because the Commander in Chief has committed to this,\u201d Hegseth replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only will they be reinstated, they will receive an apology, back pay, and rank that they lost because they were forced out due to an experimental vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pete Hegseth just announced that thousands of troops who were fired over the \u201cexperimental\u201d COVID vaccine will be \u201capologized to and reinstated with pay and rank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely huge news.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the best troops we\u2019ve ever had with unshakable courage to do what\u2019s right. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hntqFHC73\">pic.twitter.com\/3hntqFHC73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1879214669623382165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Donald Trump made a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/08\/trump-announces-reinstatement-discharged-military-members-unconstitutional-covid\/\">commitment<\/a> on the campaign trail last August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA thousand service members from our military for refusing their COVID vaccine mandate,\u201d Trump said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just can\u2019t do that,\u201d he continued. \u201cI will rehire every Patriot who was fired from the military with an apology and with back pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThey will get their back pay and an apology from our government.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: President Trump has announced that all military members who were discharged for refusing the COVID mandate will be reinstated and receive full back pay, along with a formal apology from the United States Government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wwJbvxQo6q\">pic.twitter.com\/wwJbvxQo6q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry (@LarryDJonesJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryDJonesJr\/status\/1826345978682900643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Members of the U.S. military were far from the only from the only ones to lose their jobs due to the Biden vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>A Kaiser Family Foundation poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advisory.com\/daily-briefing\/2021\/11\/01\/vaccine-mandates?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">carried out<\/a> in November 2021 found that around one percent of all American adults had been forced to quit their jobs because of mandates imposed by local or federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In just under a week, some of those people will finally get justice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-vows-reinstate-troops-fired-covid-vaccine\/\">Pete Hegseth Vows to Reinstate Troops Fired Over COVID Vaccine \u2014 With Backpay and Apology (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid all the chaos of Pete Hegseth\u2019s confirmation hearing, you may have missed this promise he made. 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